HURTLE, To. To send bodily on by a swell or wind.
HUSBAND, or Ship's Husband. An agent appointed by deed, executed by all the owners, with power to advance and lend, to make all payments, to receive the prices of freights, and to retain all claims. But this office gives him no authority to insure or to borrow money; and he is to render a full account to his employers.
HUSH. A name of the lump-fish, denoting the female.
HUSSAR, or Huzzar. A Hungarian term signifying "twentieth," as the first hussars were formed by selecting from various regiments the ablest man in every twenty; now generally a light-cavalry soldier equipped somewhat after the original Hungarian fashion.
HUT. The same as [barrack] (which see).
HUTT. The breech-pin of a gun.
HUZZA! This was originally the hudsa, or cry, of the Hungarian light horse, but is now also the national shout of the English in joy and triumph.
HUZ-ZIF. A general corruption of housewife. A very useful contrivance for holding needles and thread, and the like.
HYDRAULIC DOCK. See [Caisson].
HYDRAULIC PRESS. The simple yet powerful water-press invented by Bramah, without which it would have been a puzzle to float the enormous Great Eastern.